The preeminent theorist of the Modern Movement, Gropius became chairman of the Department of Architecture at Harvard University in r937. He did not intend to bring a "modern style" to the United States, but rather to introduce and refine a method of analysis and design. Gropius built upon the theories he had formed at the Bauhaus, notably the fusion of art and industry in an "integrated structure," the need for teamwork in design and democracy in society and the integration of all the arts, from graphics to city planning, in professional curricula for designers. The paeans to pragmatism, neighborhood planning, regional expression and cultural diversity suggest the influence of American life on the author's frame of mind-or at least on his rhetoric. This book was also published as Volume 3 of the World Perspectives series, which sought to present new trends in all domains of the arts and sciences as universal forces that would unify and uplift all civilizations.